2008 Press Releases

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Dec. 31, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard is urging consumers who need to obtain converter boxes to act quickly to prepare for the digital television transition on February 17, 2009.

Demand for federal coupons…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 31, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that Bobby John Herrera, 33, of Glendale, has been indicted on one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices, one count of money laundering, one count of illegal…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 30, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a lawsuit against Central Coast Nutraceuticals, Inc. (CCN) in Phoenix. The company allegedly violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act when it engaged in a pattern of…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 29, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that the Maricopa County Superior Court has dismissed Western Union Financial Services v. Terry Goddard, a lawsuit that impeded his Office’s ability to stop…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 23, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the break-up of the Garibaldi-Lopez Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), a bi-national syndicate believed to have smuggled up to 400,000 pounds of marijuana annually…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 19, 2008) A year-long investigation of a major drug-trafficking and criminal fraud ring in Phoenix has led to the indictment of 94 individuals and the arrest of at least 20 today in the latest phase of “Operation Blank…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 18, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard, along with Attorneys General from 12 other states and the City Attorney of San Francisco, today announced an agreement reached with MillerCoors that will result in the nationwide…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 17, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that former Page Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Greg Conway, 57, of Mesa, today pleaded guilty to theft and agreed to pay $85,000 in restitution.

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 17, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that former Nogales Police Officer Ramon Borbon, 40, of Nogales, was sentenced today to serve 9.5 years in prison.

Last month, a Pima County jury convicted Borbon…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that John Daniel, 63, of Glendale, has been indicted on one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices and 19 counts of theft. The charges, all felonies, relate to a…